Hoodlum

1997 · Directed by Bill Duke · 125 min · drama film, action film, crime thriller film

★ 6.5/10 · 263 ratings on TMDB

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.